EUBIONET III will do an analysis of bioenergy trends and reasons for change in different countries. EUBIONET III partners will provide an overview of solutions to specific barriers impeding the development of international biomass trade, but will also report opportunities for further biomass trade development.

Special attention will be paid to such industrial sectors, which so far have not been so much involved in bioenergy projects. These sectors will be identified during the project, but could include for example metal and construction material industries, etc.

Three expert group meetings will be organized to discuss about the most important current market barriers, and to formulate strategies and solutions to overcome barriers.

Currently large amounts of potential raw material for biomass fuels are traded without knowledge of the bioenergy sector due to an immature trade statistics reporting system. Development of a comprehensive and detailed Combined Nomenclature for raw materials of biomass fuels would facilitate a more transparent biomass fuel market securing that traded types and amounts of raw material could be identified purchased for bioenergy purposes. This work will be carried out in cooperation with EUROSTAT and national statistics organisations.

2/13/2009